Blue Streak or Thor?
I don't know if this is the right place for this question but here goes.
I work at a supposedly well known research lab. We have a cabin that we use to store junk which lab mythology holds was a Blue Streak control cabin. I'm sceptical of that as Blue Streak was never intended to be a mobile system. However I've seen pictures of Thor launchers which seem to have very similar cabins. I believe that the cabin was used for high altitude balloon tests before it came to it's current resting place.
On the front of the cabin near the entrance hatch is a data plate which states that it's a
Douglas Aircraft Co Inc Santa monica Calif USA.
Missile Launching Countdown Group Trailer Mounted
A/M24 A-1A.
part No 5681711.505
serial No 000076
date 02.2.62
Contract No AF04.647.114
WT 14240
Any ex RAF or USAF steely eyed rocketeers ever spend time in one of these?
Last edited by Windy Militant; 7th Oct 2003 at 23:51.